Hi Darlin’!
Had another good night sleep, did my chores and breakfast, did some computer work and some French lessons (just for fun, and maybe taking a trip next year), then saddled up Apollo for a short ride around the east side loop, some trails I didn’t get to yesterday. This ride just about wraps up all the horse trails in here, so I may have to get adventurous and accidentally take a couple of cross-country skiing trails. Got back in the afternoon and struggled again trying to get hay. I had several haymakers tell me they’d have some yesterday, then it got delayed until today, but very late, and finally, I just couldn’t take a chance because I’ve been looking since Monday, and I was almost out, so I had to go to the nearby feed store and get some, at a 30 percent markup, darn it! Well, two of the haymakers are actually a lot closer to the next camp I’m going to in ten days, so I got enough to last me until then, and I hopefully will be able to pick some up then, if they’re not all sold out. It’s selling like crazy right now, but then again, everyone’s baling right now, too, so I expect a surplus for the next few weeks, hopefully. It was a lovely ride. I put some new cushioning pads in Apollo’s boots and had him wear them, even though there’s only a few places that are rocky, but he’s been behaving so tender-footed, I’m going to put them on every time we ride for awhile, at least until we get back to soft sand. He seemed okay today, though he was still trying a bit to stay off the trail, but that may just be habit with him by now. Saw several deer, and some other big fat round thing that I only saw from the backside, not sure what it was. Very quiet out on the trails today, didn’t run into anyone else. Didn’t take Lola, either, still wasn’t sure what kind of roads we might cross, but I think I’ve sorted that all out now. Probably won’t take her over the weekend, either, since this is a pretty populated and civilized park, but maybe next week when it’s quieter again. It’s been very sunny here, so it’s been a bit warmer in the trailer since there is not shade in this campground, but the good side of that is that Apollo’s rain rot seems to be just about gone, partly because of the treatments I gave it a few weeks back, and partly because he’s been standing out in the sun and it’s been doing a good job of drying it up. Once I got him put away, I took the truck over and filled the tank with water, got their tubs and the trailer refilled. I learned something last night, too. The inverter cuts off at about 11.2, that’s my low battery point, so now I know. I ran the generator for about 10 minutes last night because it got so low I was afraid the low voltage would damage the water pump while I was taking my showers, but that brought the volts up to 12.2 in just ten minutes! I was amazed. Even more amazing, the generator actually started on it’s own this morning, which really surprised me after running the batteries so low last night. Live and learn! Finally gave up on my haymakers and went to the feed store, then settled down for the evening. Already had my shower, heading to bed shortly! Love you, babe! Good night!
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